The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-16
81 TO Al.


The Reynolds temperance bill embodying
the principle of local sovereignty and local
control over the public traffic in intoxicating
liquors, passed the House Of Representatives,
yesterday, by vote of 81 to Al, two members
not voting, Messrs. Jewett and Patton being
paired. The affirmative vote was made up of
So Republicans and 4 Democrats, though the
full strength of the bill in the House was So,
Mr.. Patton being one of its most earnest and
effective friends. Three Republicans were
pledged against such a measure in their local
campaigns and were constrained to vote in
the negative for that reason.
The Journal congratulates the Republicans
and the people of Indiana upon this vote
this splendid, ungrudging, pregnant redemp
ton of the pledge made in the last platform.
Tomlinson Hall when the temperance plank
in the party declaration was read before the
Republican State convention, could doubt
what Republican sentiment was and is upon
this question, nor can they doubt with what
renewed enthusiasm and profound satisfac-
ton and qualification the vote of yesterday
in the Republican House Of Representatives
will be received. That vote is the
honoring Of the platform not only in spirit
but to the letter. 1t gives to every Repub-
lican who marched under the party banner
last campaign renewed strength and vigor for
future canvasses, and fills him with sense of
exalted self-respect and party fealty; while it
covers with shame and confusion the cowardly
and malicious assistant Democratic whisky
league third party factionists, who did all they
could to turn the State over completely into
the hands Of the liquor lords in whose inter
est they slandered and ibeled the Republican
party and the most honored and honorable
men in it without stint.
The last Republican State platform placed
the party on distinctively higher ground than
it had ever before occupied respecting the
regulation and restriction of the public sale of
liquor. 1t was the moral element in the cam
paign. It reused the conscience of the party
and touched the emotions of the people. The
vote of yesterday keeps the party faced to
the future for public order and morality.
Meditating no unkind or unnecessary inter
ference with any interest, and leaving to each
locality to settle for itself the measure of re-
striction it will invoke against the traffic, the
Republican party, and a few hon
est and far-sighted Democrats, have
declared that the liquor traffic shall be sub
ordinated to the control of law and the will of
| the people. Cannot the arrogant and law-de-
| flying liquor lords see the handwriting on the
wall in the victory of last November and in
the decisive vote in the House of Represent
atives yesterday? Cannot the Democratic
party read the inevitable result of its leprous
concubinage with the Whisky League2 Can
not the third-party factionists see what
must become of their foul embrace of both
the Democratic party and the Liquor Leaguei
Once more the Journal congratulates the Re-
publcans of the House of Representatives
| the Republicans of the State of Indiana ani
the people generally, over. yesterdays signif
cant vote.
And now let us have the Lnck bill passed
and the Ackman bill passed Let us pusl
this question closely upon the Democratic
State Senate and see just how far the Demo
cratic alliance with the Liquor League is t,
prevent any legislation looking to the bette
regulation of saloons and the imposition Of
| higher taxation upon the business